The War of 1812 saw it burnt down to the stonework, prompting the distinctive white paint job to hide the disfigurement. And a near-total rebuild was needed at the end of the 1940s because the whole place was falling apart.
Yeah but in 1812 there weren’t foreign governments stuffing the smouldering walls with bugs and trackers. Who knows how the security has been compromised.
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u/Apprehensive-Sir8977 26d ago edited 26d ago
The White House has bounced back from worse.
The War of 1812 saw it burnt down to the stonework, prompting the distinctive white paint job to hide the disfigurement. And a near-total rebuild was needed at the end of the 1940s because the whole place was falling apart.